Subscribe to this blog

Follow by Email

My
name is Shaheryar Ali Jafri and I am a 2013 graduate of Allama Iqbal Medical
College. I took Step 2 ck before Step 1. Step 2 ck on 23rd October 2013 and
Step1 on 2nd April 2014. Here are my both experiences.

Step2 CK= 264

Step-1= 261

MY
EXPERIENCE STEP-2CK(264)

Assalam-o- Alikum.
I would like to share my experience about taking USMLE exam. It was the most
toughest, most interesting, most conceptual and the longest exam of my life. In
short USMLE takes exam in a way that it can extract the best from you. You can
do it easily only if you have full control on your nerves, proper time
management and build concepts and mcqs practice. During exam I just kept one thing in my mind. I have to do it. I have to complete this block before time. Remember
in step-2 try to complete block at least 10 minutes before by doing proper
time management because you get many lengthy questions including study abstracts
and drug adds questions which take much of your time, sitting 8 hours in front
of computer in time pressure and doing the very very lengthy questions is a hectic
task but remember, YOU CAN DO IT. Just concentrate on basic concepts and do mcqs
practice as much as you can. U.WORLD IS A GREAT STUDY TOOL do it as much times
as you can. I did U-world along with my friend and we did combine study and
completed u.world at least 6 times. REMEMBER, USMLE EXAM IS DONE ON SPINAL
LEVEL, BRAIN IS NOT WORKING DURING EXAM... SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR SPINAL
REFLEXES OF DOING MCQS AS MUCH AS U CAN and one more thing I want to share. The
concept of Reading/Reads is very famous among many people doing usmle prep. Its
fine, reading books is good, but doing MCQs is the BEST, so read the books but
do mcqs daily daily daily, no compromise on doing mcqs as they make your reflexes,
as Conrad Fischer said "THE REAL ESSENCE OF STEP-2 IS TO PUT U IN A
SITUATION WHERE U HAVE TO CHOSE BETWEEN A TEST AND A TREATMENT". Most of
the questions ask “WHAT IS THE NEXT BEST STEP IN THE MANAGEMENT?” so most of
the times you get confused between TWO options in every mcq and you have to
chose 1 single best. Remember, this problem can be overcome by just doing mcqs
practice, even a minute before opening my Result Card, I was not sure how much I
would score, even I thought I will fail because most of the answers I marked
with my background knowledge had same problem that I got confused between 2
options in each mcq but your spinal reflexes will save you from this problem as
I already told that brain is not working during those hectic 8 hours. Lastly,
the NBMES I did NBME-4, 3 weeks before exam and scored 258, and UWSA 2 weeks
before exam and 265. But NBME-4 IS THE BEST FOR ASSESMENT AS FAR AS I THINK.

MY
EXPERIENCE STEP-1 (261)

Assalam –o-Alikum.
I want to share my experience as many people said me to upload.

Regarding
STEP-1, it is the exam of your knowledge, and precisely speaking the exam of your
concepts. The most important thing in preparation which I found is to have a study
partner and practice multiple choice questions as much as you can.

The single most
important source of practicing mcqs is the U-WORLD. Do it as much times as you
can because it will help you control over your nerves and builds your picking
power of questions. And 1ST READ, 2ND READ, 3RD READ. I have already mentioned
in my C.K experience that the number of reads can never assess your performance
in exams. If you r satisfied with this Read phenomena then go ahead with it,
but I assure you that if you start practicing mcqs from the very 1st day, you
will ace the exam in a very little time frame. And rest of the books, FIRST
AID, KAPLAN, GOLJAN (I read only those topics from Goljan which I came across
in uworld) and listened just pathoma video lectures. Make 1st AID as a comprehensive
book and note all the important things making sticky notes from all these
sources including u-world. U-WORLD is somewhat deficient in CELL BIOLOGY,
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS so you might need KAPLAN-QBANK for these. And
for the exam day as Dr. Steven Daughtery says “QUESTION STEM IS YOUR FRIEND AND
ANSWER CHOICES ARE YOUR ENEMIES” so hide the answers first, read the question
stem and make the answer in your mind while reading the stem, look that answer
in choices, if your answer is there, mark it and go ahead. The main thing is
the picking power from the question stem, and this power can only be mastered
by practicing as much mcqs as you can esp. from UWORLD. I did combine study
with my friend for about 4 months after taking c-k, BUT you must gauge yourself
to judge how much time frame you need to master everything. And must take
NBME-13 AND 16 ONLINE ALONG WITH UWSA. If someone asks me to describe USMLE
EXAM IN SINGLE WORD- I WOULD LIKE TO SAY PRACTICING MCQS (esp. from u-world)
AND MASTER UR PICKING POWER. If anybody has any specific questions, you are
most welcome to ask me anytime.

Remember me in
prayers & especially pray for my C.S.

MAY ALLAH HELP
YOU ALL.

NOW, IT’S NOT
TIME TO SPARE YOURSELF, YOU CAN REST LATER.

WORK HARD AND
SUCCESS WILL BE YOURS. SKY MUST BE THE LIMIT.

INSPIRATION IS
ONE THING AND YOU CAN’T CONTROL IT, BUT HARD

WORK IS WHAT
KEEPS THE SHIP MOVING, GOOD LUCK MEANS WORK HARD. KEEP UP THE GOOD LUCK.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

FSc Premedical Guide - How to fly high..
Unsa Athar Your 40% needs to be excellent to
get into KEMU or some other good place.(Dedicated to my teachers who not only taught me the fsc books but also many priceless lessons of life)(Unsa Athar)The tree that never had to fightFor sun and sky and air and light,But stood out in the open rainAnd always got its share and rain,Never became a forest king,But lived and died a scrubby thing…Good timber does not grow with ease,The stronger wind, the stronger trees.
Getting yourself educated in the desi manner i.e. through the Board of Intermediate and Secondary
Education is one of the top most challenges of today’s society. Matriculation
seems difficult at that time, but when you enter FSc, you realize that matric
was the easiest job in the world. Those
obese books of intermediate part I and part II are the worst enemies one can
ever have. People say Medical is
tougher, but I find one basic difference in both. When you enter a medical
college, y…

Welcome to KemUnited, the blog of King Edward Medical University!

Introduction

KemUnited was founded in 2011 as a single man's dream--a dream that has now evolved in the form of the largest medical college blog in the country! Our forum boasts KemInterviews, Study Materials, KemLores, Pictorials and much more!

To get featured on our blog, send us an email at kemunited@gmail.com, or contact us through Facebook @kemunited.